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In July 2006, during the Israel-Hezbollah crisis in Lebanon, Malloch Brown said America should allow others to " share the lead " in solving the Lebanon crisis, and also advised that Britain adopt a lower profile in solving the crisis, lest the international community see the negotiations as being led by the same team that instigated the invasion of Iraq.

These comments again drew criticism from some American officials, including the US State Department, a spokesman from which stated " We are seeing a troubling pattern of a high official of the UN who seems to be making it his business to criticize member states and, frankly, with misplaced and misguided criticisms.